SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Bodycam video shows the disturbing moment when Arizona cops fatally shoot a man after he pointed a loaded gun at a police dog.
Tucson Police Department SWAT officers were conducting surveillance on 49-year-old Francisco Javier Galarza. Police were tracking Galarza – who had active felony arrest warrants for a home invasion and bank robbery.
At 11:51 a.m. on Aug. 25, Tucson SWAT police spotted Galarza at a Circle K convenience store. The suspect exited the store.
"He's out, just say when," an officer is heard saying in the bodycam footage. Another officer responds, "Take him here."
Police officers confronted Galarza in the store's parking lot, and he immediately ran away.
Officers yell at the fleeing suspect, “Police! Get down! Police! Get down!”
Cops chase Galazra with guns drawn.
Officer Barrie Pedersen released his police dog named Kiro. The K-9 trips up the suspect, and he falls to the ground. The police dog bites Galarza in the leg. Galarza then pulls out a handgun and points it at the dog's head.
Tucson Police Department Officers Ernest Ortiz and Pedersen responded by opening fire on the armed suspect. Galarza dropped the firearm.
Officers attempted life-saving procedures, but Galarza was pronounced dead at the scene.
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